Autoicous (Flowers 1973). Seta up to 1.8 mm. Capsule typically about 1/3 emerged, but may be completely immersed in or entirely held beyond the perichaetial bracts, short-oblong to rounded-ovate, 1.3-1.8 mm in length, sometimes conspicuously 8-ribbed for part of its length (FNA 2014), yellow to ochre (Flowers 1973), with male organs in the leaf axils (FNA 2014).

Lawton, E. 1971. Keys for the Identification of the Mosses on the Pacific Northwest. Reprinted from 'Moss Flora of the Pacific Northwest'. Published as Supplement No. 2 of the Journal of the Hattori Botanical Laboratory. Nichinan, Miyazaki, Japan. 66 pp.